Octoparse vs. Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Octoparse
Score 6.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Octoparse is a free web scraping software that turns unstructured or semi-structured data from any website into structured datasets, no coding needed. Extracted data can be exported as API, CSV, Excel, HTML, TXT, or into a database. It’s a free tool for data analysis and mining. Scraping the web on a large scale simultaneously, based on distributed computing, is the most powerful feature of
$89
per month
Screaming Frog
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$149
per year
Pricing
OctoparseScreaming Frog SEO Spider
Editions & Modules
Standard Plan
$89
per month
Standard Plan
$890
per year
Professional Plan
$890
per month
Professional Plan
$1,890
per year
Paid Version
$149.00
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OctoparseScreaming Frog
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$89 per monthNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
OctoparseScreaming Frog SEO Spider
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Octoparse
-
Ratings
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
8.0
50 Ratings
3% above category average
Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
Backlink management00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Page grader00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
Competitive analysis00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings9.650 Ratings
Site recommendations00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Task management00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Octoparse
-
Ratings
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
7.9
35 Ratings
4% above category average
Local SEO00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
Social SEO00 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Global SEO00 Ratings9.127 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Octoparse
-
Ratings
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
10.0
39 Ratings
17% above category average
Multi-domain support00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings10.032 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
OctoparseScreaming Frog SEO Spider
Likelihood to Recommend
6.3
(4 ratings)
9.6
(52 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(18 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
OctoparseScreaming Frog SEO Spider
Likelihood to Recommend
Octopus Data Inc
Octoparse is utilized to scratch item information from sites and programming projects that don't give XML or API and import them in web based businessAdditionally, it has solid capabilities to extract data from various types of sites, which is truly splendid. However it is not suitable to be used only in the free version as the features and usecases are limited.The user woould not face issues in implementation in the premium version. Implemetion specificallly in web-crawling does not require octoparse completely,but scrapping data, yes.
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Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is well suited to auditing brand new websites, when you need a quick, holistic view of the websites technical issues. Its great for providing a top line view of a websites architecture, perhaps for a new business approach where you need to assess the scale of work to maintain a website. Its also a useful tool in situations where you might need to see whether a large scale change in the website has taken place, you can see word counts, pages and their https response codes. Screaming Frog may be less useful if you need an idea of the customer experience on a website, it doesn't really provide information that helps assess how fast a website loads, what issues might come up when trying to convert or faults with the payment process. Screaming Frog is largely a technical SEO focused tool, it also can't assess the quality of a websites, layout or the quality of the content used on the website. As mentioned, its niche, but very useful within that niche.
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Pros
Octopus Data Inc
  • user design is easy to understand compared to other automation tools
  • the support team is helpful, they really answer
  • the software can get data into spreadsheets, and in a large number
  • there is a free plan to start
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Screaming Frog
  • Crawling client sites of up to thousands of pages. Gives you almost every tool that you need to do a proper SEO audit.
  • Custom extractions using CSSpath, Xpath, or Regex. I'm not even a techy, but their support section here is a huge help with the provided examples.
  • Customer service and support - Dan is ALWAYS very prompt to respond with helpful answers on Twitter if needed.
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Cons
Octopus Data Inc
  • Haven't had any issues with the program or company. But there's certainly a learning curve. More tutorial videos wouldn't hurt.
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Screaming Frog
  • Requires Java. This isn't a huge deal as many computers already have it installed, but it's yet another 3rd party component.
  • The free version has a crawl limit of 500 pages per site. This is fine for smaller sites, but if you're running a big e-commerce site then you'll need to pay for Pro version.
  • The user interface isn't very pretty. This is an analytics tool so it doesn't really have to be, but it might be helpful for improving the overall user experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
Octopus Data Inc
No answers on this topic
Screaming Frog
The tool has become integrated into our teams daily workings and I have yet to find a tool other than scremaing frog to replicate all of our use cases for it. It's a great tool and we're sticking with it
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Usability
Octopus Data Inc
No answers on this topic
Screaming Frog
Easy for me to use because I have using the product for a long time and understand the ins and outs of it. If I was a newbie, I would be completely lost. It does take some prior knowledge to operate this software and understanding of what a crawl means
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Support Rating
Octopus Data Inc
No answers on this topic
Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog is a relatively primitive system, and doesn't need to be supported by devs or other software. Screaming Frog does interface directly with some programs that are most needed (Google Analytics, Search Console, Page Speed Insights), so that's convenient. It isn't widely supported by other programs, but it also doesn't need to be.
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Implementation Rating
Octopus Data Inc
No answers on this topic
Screaming Frog
If the software was a little easier to use for beginners, there really wouldn't be an issue
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Alternatives Considered
Octopus Data Inc
Other similar products like webautomation.io and webscarpper.io were tried and implemented along with Octoparse. Thier trial versions have much more limited features. The complexity while using Octoparse is relatively low and much more effecient and powerful to implement as compared to other softwares. Also usecases are quick to learn and implement.
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Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is probably the best non-client facing SEO audit tool in terms of technical SEO. There are other tools on the market that do a more complete job of keyword tracking, competitive analysis, and backlink profiles...however, for analyzing the technical SEO health of any website, Screaming Frog is the best
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Return on Investment
Octopus Data Inc
  • it gives profound database for my research and make the whole process a lot more easier. the power of automation!
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Screaming Frog
  • Increased employee efficiency - We spend many less hours tracking down and reporting simple meta tags.
  • Better Client Servicing - We are able to ensure we have a total look at a client's site before we recommend anything.
  • True Pricing Structure - We are able to more accurately predict how much help a client may need based on factors such as size of site, number of redirects, proper use of meta tags, etc.
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ScreenShots

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